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What Is A Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract (QLAC)?
A qualified longevity annuity contract (QLAC) is a type of annuity contract specifically designed to keep you from outliving your retirement savings. As a deferred annuity, QLACs provide you with a guaranteed stream of income later in life.
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Stan The Annuity Man: Happy Birthday To QLACs
With QLACs, SPIAs, and DIAs, there's no annual fees. There's no market attachment; it’s a straight transfer risk. You're saying to the issuing QLAC company, here's the money, and you are on the hook to pay me, or me and my wife, or me and my husband forever as long as one of us is breathing, but you don't get to keep a penny.
Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®
August 17, 2022
Zero Is NOT Your Hero: Shootin' It Straight with Stan®
Today's topic is a good one, the industry uses this phrase to sell Indexed Annuities. I'm a big fan of Indexed Annuities, we probably sell more than anyone on the planet, but I tell people all the time, "These are CD products.
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August 15, 2022
Retirement Withdrawal Strategies: MYGA
You know me, you trust me, and you know I'm going to tell you the truth. Today's topic is Retirement Withdrawal Strategies. We're talking about MYGAs, Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities. So, we’ll go through how you can use MYGAs for your retirement withdrawal strategies.
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August 11, 2022
Is An Annuity Better Than A Pension
Question of the day: is an annuity better than a pension? Tough question, loaded question. I will have to break that question down just like your English teacher broke down sentences. Is an annuity better than a pension because it's a bit broader? It always is in the annuity world. You need to know many more details.
Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®
August 10, 2022
Fear and Greed Loses to Simple and Contractual: Shootin' It Straight with Stan®
Today's topic, fear and greed loses to contractual and simple. I always tell people, if it sounds too good to be true, it is every single time. And if you're looking for the perfect product, eventually you will find a person that will tell you that they have it and they'll try to sell it to you.
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August 9, 2022
Steve Vernon and Naomi Karp: Proactively Addressing Cognitive Decline
There was some serious IQ on this Fun With Annuities podcast when Steve Vernon and Naomi Karp joined me as celebrity guests. They and their associates are pioneers in researching how to plan for and the effects of cognitive decline.
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August 8, 2022
How Annuities Transfer Risk
Today's topic is a good one. It's about how annuities transfer risk. Annuities are insurance policies. Insurance companies exist to make a profit. That is correct. Annuities are issued by life insurance companies, all annuity types, and yes, life insurance companies are in the business to make a profit.
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August 4, 2022
How Much Do You Need To Pay Yourself With Inflation
So how much do you need to pay yourself? How much will an annuity for lifetime income pay using our calculators? Good question. So if you're looking for a monthly annuity calculator, what will an annuity pay me for life per month? How do I calculate that?
Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®
August 3, 2022
I Bond, No Brainer: Shootin' It Straight with Stan®
Today's topic is I bond, no brainer. Yes, I only sell annuities. Yes, I only sell annuities for their contractual guarantees. You own an annuity for what it will do. Not what it might do®. I used to be with Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley, UBS PaineWebber.
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July 28, 2022
How To Get Out of a Fixed Annuity
So the question is, how to get out of a fixed annuity? The easy answer is to die, but that's not a very good strategy and undoubtedly not replicable. I love it when people use the word "annuity" as all-encompassing. There are so many different types. So let's just look at the fixed annuity types.
Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®
July 27, 2022
Limit to Annuity Purchases: Shootin' It Straight with Stan®
The topic is there's a limit to how many annuities you can buy. There's a limit to annuity purchases. You may say, "Wait a minute. You're saying that if I wanted to put everything I had in annuities you wouldn't make the transaction? You wouldn't sell it to me?
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July 26, 2022
Bob Carlson: The Good & The Bad About Social Security in 2022
Bob Carlson is one of my favorite celebrity guests because it’s like getting an advanced degree every time he’s on Fun With Annuities. We discussed the Social Security report and the good and bad news that came out of it.
